Gaudium
neglectum
(Joy Thomps.) Peter G.Wilson
This native shrub
is commonly known as
coast tea-tree.
Gaudium neglectum
is described as a "dicot"
in the
Myrtaceae
family.
Flagged as a potential locally significant species in the Fraser Coast Region.
In the Queensland Nature Conservation Act it is classified as Least Concern.
Under the Federal Environment Protection Biodiversity Conservation Act it is not classified.
Replaces Leptospermum neglectum (Queensland Flora Census 2023). Uncommon in the Fraser Coast region. Recorded from Burrum Heads and St Mary. Also reported at Tinnanbar and Toogoom.
It has been recorded in the Wide Bay district in the Queensland Herbarium Census but is not
listed as occurring in the Fraser Coast region in the Atlas of Living Australia.
Reported at 3 Fraser Coast localities: St Mary, Toogoom, Tinnanbar.
Fraser Coast distribution based on field reports.
AVH